Update at 9:30 am PST on November 7, 2018: Connecticut voters passed Constitutional Amendment Question 2. With 72 percent of precincts reporting, 84 percent of voters approved the measure, according to The New York Times. Amendment 2 protects public lands by requiring public hearings ahead of significant land sales and transfers, and that the sales be approved by a two-thirds vote in both the state House and Senate.

This amendment to the state constitution would protect public lands and waters by requiring public hearings on significant land sales and transfers, and a two-thirds majority vote by both the state House of Representatives and Senate.

The proposed amendment to the state constitution would dedicate up to 80 percent of revenue from the existing sales tax on sporting and outdoor recreation equipment to the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, which supports land conservation.

This measure aims to reduce carbon pollution by investing in clean energy, healthy forests and waters, and in communities most impacted by changes to the climate. If passed, the biggest emitters of carbon pollution would pay a fee beginning in 2020. The fee would increase by $2 annually until Washington’s greenhouse gas reduction targets are met.

Conservation Dollars in Action

In nearly two dozen states, voters will decide on other conservation finance measures that would dedicate revenue to the protection of public lands and improved stewardship of natural resources. In total, more than $13 billion are at stake. The Trust for Public Land offers an overview of the nearly 50 conservation ballot questions.